On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 06:47 PM, Stephen Bright wrote: >> every OS should be made with a better way >> of un-installing programs/files/etc. > > I always thought that was what formatting the drive was for. If I were > to > sell a drive on ebay I'd format the drive, test it, and ship it. > Stephen
Good advice. But the article to which the original poster was referring identified drives that had been formatted but data was recovered anyway. Formatting drives only erases the drive directory, not the data itself. The best way to wipe a drive is write random data to it. Many, many times (>7). Phil Burk ________________________________________________________ Systems Support Technician Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Blvd Indianapolis, IN 46256 317.572.3049 phone 317.572.1049 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
